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How would modern historians reconcile with a past age where magic existed?
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I can send small things back in time 500 milliseconds, which item listed would be most profitable to teleclone? (without extortion)
Awarded Jul 11 at 6:34
What can be used as reliable, easy-to-understand and hard-to-rig source of entropy for Victorian Age random number generator?
Awarded Jul 10 at 19:11
How can I destroy the Milky Way Galaxy?
Awarded Jul 8 at 9:15
Are there any natural forms of communication as robust as speech/vocalization?
Awarded Jul 6 at 0:26
What latitude of Earth will avoid mountain collisions for a flying island?
Awarded Jul 2 at 22:38
Pheromone-based language
Awarded Jun 24 at 14:46
Why would giant snails remain a constant problem for Medieval Europe?
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Why would giant snails remain a constant problem for Medieval Europe?
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Why would giant snails remain a constant problem for Medieval Europe?
Awarded Jun 17 at 13:18
Would a higher altitude make solar power 'more effective'?
Awarded Jun 13 at 17:50
Would a lizard-mounted cavalry be effective against pikes?
Awarded Jun 12 at 21:02
How can historians go to the past without changing it?
Awarded Jun 10 at 22:26
When is the earliest a planet in an eccentric near-polar orbit of Sol could have been detected?
Awarded Jun 5 at 13:55
When is the earliest a planet in an eccentric near-polar orbit of Sol could have been detected?
Awarded Jun 5 at 12:00
Detecting interstellar alien stations?
Awarded Jun 5 at 11:07
What's the fastest gamma rays have ever killed someone?
Awarded May 20 at 13:51
Do the speeds of travel or information transmission put an upper limit on the size of an empire?
Awarded May 16 at 8:38
Do the speeds of travel or information transmission put an upper limit on the size of an empire?
Awarded May 15 at 16:47
What can cause (military) rank DEflation instead of rank INflation
Awarded May 7 at 19:22
Will water extracted/farmed/distilled from poisonous clouds be (more) potable if 'strong alcohol' was mixed in?
Awarded May 7 at 5:16
Would a higher altitude make solar power 'more effective'?
Awarded May 3 at 19:30
How to convincingly erase a population's memory?
Awarded Apr 30 at 21:42
How to convincingly erase a population's memory?
Awarded Apr 30 at 7:27
What could cause a society to collectively forget about an event?
Awarded Apr 29 at 14:07
How deep could "dwarves" dig their mines with pseudo-medieval technology?
Awarded Apr 25 at 15:27
How would a plant disconnected from the ground get nitrogen?
Awarded Apr 23 at 22:46
is Cryomancy scientifically possible?
Awarded Apr 23 at 14:06
Humanoid aliens, lazy worldbuilding or a good basis?
Awarded Apr 20 at 2:35
How could I justify switching phone numbers from decimal to hexadecimal?
Awarded Apr 17 at 11:15
Age of Steel without Coal Mines?
Awarded Apr 10 at 23:36
In my city, magic prevents people from harboring ill intent in their minds. Is there any reasonable need for a police force of any kind?
Awarded Apr 8 at 20:37
Is a planet with long nights and short days possible?
Awarded Apr 8 at 11:45
Why would female superheroes wear tight, revealing costumes?
Awarded Mar 28 at 0:24
Why would female superheroes wear tight, revealing costumes?
Awarded Mar 27 at 13:44
What would be the next logical step after crossbows?
Awarded Mar 26 at 10:15
Evolutionary reason for conception to occur only if a female orgasms during mating?
Awarded Mar 22 at 13:46
Best weapon for humans to ambush sapient elephants?
Awarded Mar 20 at 3:45
Alynn the Scientific Mage: Keeping it Secret
Awarded Mar 18 at 8:26
How could I make literacy universal in a medieval society?
Awarded Mar 17 at 17:11
How would a society with no wood reliably heat itself?
Awarded Mar 16 at 11:43
How can I destroy the Milky Way Galaxy?
Awarded Mar 14 at 21:16
How can I destroy the Milky Way Galaxy?
Awarded Mar 13 at 2:41
The opposite to Worldbuilding: World Destruction
Awarded Mar 12 at 21:56
Are there any good alternatives to firearms for 1920s aircrafts?
Awarded Mar 12 at 18:24
Why would the solar system be the technological hard limit for Earth spacefarers, even under ideal conditions?
Awarded Mar 11 at 9:56
How tall can a stone structure get?
Awarded Mar 10 at 19:27
If Gods existed but never cared about humanity, would people worship still?
Awarded Mar 10 at 10:41
How to keep meat in a dungeon fresh, preserved, and hot?
Awarded Feb 27 at 22:15
How could I justify a fast apocalypse?
Awarded Feb 27 at 16:03
Could tiny people find honest work?
Awarded Feb 26 at 22:04
Could tiny people find honest work?
Awarded Feb 26 at 12:19
Could a race of humanoids metabolize something other than oxygen?
Awarded Feb 26 at 7:47
How could giant spiders replace horses for a badlands society?
Awarded Feb 25 at 12:26
Could tiny people find honest work?
Awarded Feb 25 at 10:32
Theoretically, in an apocalypse scenario what is the best way to amputate an infected arm?
Awarded Feb 20 at 18:43
How much carbon monoxide would you need to fill a house for it to combust when lit?
Awarded Feb 17 at 4:14
How could farmers prevent Unicornification?
Awarded Feb 14 at 16:20
How could a medieval town defend against sauropods?
Awarded Feb 14 at 9:25
Why is this less profitable for an adventurer to craft and then sell an artefact, rather than to sell ingredients needed to craft the artefact?
Awarded Feb 13 at 16:24
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